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Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract

Nebraska rates for HCPCS 47553

Using a thin scope passed through an existing drainage tract in the abdomen, a doctor examines the bile ducts, the channels that carry bile from the liver to the intestine, and takes a tissue sample for testing. This approach works through a tract that is already in place from a prior drainage procedure, rather than requiring a new access point. It helps identify the cause of a bile duct blockage or abnormality.

Rates data updated July 2026.

How much does Bile Duct Exam With Biopsy Via Existing Drainage Tract cost?

$8,298

Typical total for the visit. In Nebraska, July 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $8,298 for this procedure. That total is two separate charges: $355 to the doctor who performs it, and $7,943 to the hospital or surgery center where it takes place. Done somewhere without a facility charge, you pay only the first.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

What's inside this number

Part of the billTypicalRange
Physician feeThe doctor who performs it$355$288 to $513
Facility feeThe hospital or surgery center$7,943$5,370 to $10,965

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $7,943 · 10th to 90th $437 to $14,454Professionalmedian $355 · 10th to 90th $257 to $832
$200.0$500.0$1.0K$2.0K$5.0K$10.0K$20.0Kfacility $7,943professional $355

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Each curve is scaled to its own total: facility and professional rates are different services, shown together to compare where they cluster. Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$5,754.40
Median
$8,511.38
Typical High
$14,454.40
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$346.74
Typical High
$812.83
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$7,585.78
Median
$10,000.00
Typical High
$19,498.45
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$245.47
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$602.56
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$316.23
Median
$549.54
Typical High
$831.76
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$257.04
Median
$446.68
Typical High
$8,128.31
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$323.59
Median
$575.44
Typical High
$2,089.30
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$676.08
Typical High
$851.14
Midlands
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$524.81
Median
$602.56
Typical High
$831.76
United
Setting
Facility
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$489.78
Median
$7,585.78
Typical High
$10,000.00
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
Global
Typical Low
$302.00
Median
$524.81
Typical High
$741.31

Where Nebraska sits

The same service costs 22.3 times more in Wyoming than in West Virginia. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Pick one to see its carriers and full range.

Physician feeFacility feeNebraska $8,298 · 3rd of 50
WY $13,619WV $611

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.